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Groff
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o The argument of the command line option `-I' is now also passed to troff
and grops, specifying a directory to search for files on the command line,
files named in `so' and `psbb' requests, and files named in \X'ps: file'
and \X'ps: import' escapes.
o If option `-V' is used more than once, the commands will be both printed
on standard error and run.
Troff
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o Two new read-only, string-valued registers `.m' and `.M' return the
name of the current drawing and background color, respectively.
o New read-only register `.U' which is set to 1 if in safer mode and set
to 0 if in unsafe mode.
o An input encoding file for latin-5 (a.k.a. ISO 8859-9) has been added.
Example use:
groff -Tdvi -mlatin5 my_file > my_file.dvi
Note that some output devices don't support all glyphs of this encoding.
o If the `return' request is called with an argument, it exits twice,
namely the current macro and the macro one level higher. This is
used to define a wrapper macro for `return' in trace.tmac.
o For completeness, two new requests have been added: `dei1' and `ami1'.
They are equivalent to `dei' and `ami', respectively, but the macros
are executed with compatibility mode off (similar to `de1' and `am1').
o New command line option `-I' to specify a directory for files (both
those on the command line and those named in `psbb' requests). This is
also handled by the groff wrapper program.
o Since version 1.19 you can say `.vs 0'. Older versions emit a warning
and convert this to `.vs \n[.V]'.
This hasn't been documented properly. Note that `.vs 0' isn't saved in a
diversion since it doesn't result in vertical motion.
Pic
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o Dashed and dotted ellipses have been implemented.
Tbl
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o New key character `x' to make tbl call a user-defined macro on a table
cell. Patch by Heinz-Jürgen Oertel <hj.oertel@surfeu.de>.
Grohtml
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o New option `-j' to emit output splitted into multiple files.
Grops
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o New command line option `-I' to specify a directory to search for files
on the command line and files named in \X'ps: import' and \X'ps: file'
escapes. This is also handled by the groff wrapper program.
o The default value for the `broken' keyword in the DESC file is now 0.
Grolj4
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o A new man page `lj4_font(5)' documents how fonts are accessed with
grolj4.
o The built-in fonts for LJ4 and newer PCL 5 devices have been completely
revised, mainly to access as much glyphs as possible. The provided
metric files should be compatible with recent PCL 5 printers also.
Additionally, font description files have been added for the Arial and
Times New Roman family, the MS symbol, and Wingdings fonts.
Hpftodit
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o Completely revised to handle HP TrueType metric files also. See the
hpftodit manual page for more details.
Macro Packages
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o www.tmac: New macro `JOBNAME' to split output into multiple files.
o In mdoc, multiple calls to `.Lb' are now supported in the LIBRARY
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This is the GNU groff document formatting system. The version number
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is given in the file VERSION.
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Included in this release are implementations of troff, pic, eqn, tbl,
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grn, refer, -man, -mdoc, and -ms macros, and drivers for PostScript, TeX
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dvi format, HP LaserJet 4 printers, Canon CAPSL printers, HTML format
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(still alpha), and typewriter-like devices. Also included is a modified
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version of the Berkeley -me macros, an enhanced version of the X11
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xditview previewer, and an implementation of the -mm macros contributed
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by Joergen Haegg (jh@axis.se).
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See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. You will require a
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C++ compiler.
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The file NEWS describes recent user-visible changes to groff.
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Groff is free software. See the file COPYING for copying permission.
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The file PROBLEMS describes various problems that have been encountered
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in compiling, installing, and running groff.
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The most recent released version of groff is always available by
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anonymous ftp from ftp.gnu.org in the directory pub/gnu/groff.
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A CVS repository is available, containing the current development
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version of groff. You can access it with the commands
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export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.ffii.org:/var/cvs
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cvs login
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cvs -z9 co groff
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(if the prompt for the password appears, just press the enter key).
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After a successful login you no longer need the first two commands; an
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update of a checked out repository should be done with
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cvs -z9 update -dP
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Please read the info pages of cvs for further details.
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Alternatively, you can download snapshots (which are updated twice a
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day) from
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ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-current.tar.gz
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or a diff file relative to the latest official groff release as
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ftp://ftp.ffii.org/pub/groff/devel/groff-<version>-current.diff.gz
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Assuming that groff-<version>.tar.gz and
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groff-<version>-current.diff.gz are in the same directory, do the
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following to apply the diff file:
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tar xzvf groff-<version>.tar.gz
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cd groff-<version>
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gunzip -c ../groff-<version>-current.diff.gz | patch -p1
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Finally, it is possible to access the CVS with a browser by pointing it
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to
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http://www.ffii.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/groff
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Please report bugs using the form in the file BUG-REPORT; the idea of
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this is to make sure that FSF has all the information it needs to fix
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the bug. At the very least, read the BUG-REPORT form and make sure
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that you supply all the information that it asks for. Even if you are
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not sure that something is a bug, report it using BUG-REPORT: this will
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enable us to determine whether it really is a bug or not.
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Three mailing lists are available:
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bug-groff@gnu.org for reporting bugs
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groff@ffii.org for general discussion of groff
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groff-commit@ffii.org a read-only list showing logs of
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commitments to the CVS repository
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Note that groff@gnu.org is an alias for groff@ffii.org; you must be
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subscribed to the `groff' list to send mails.
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To subscribe, send a mail to <list>-request@<domain> (example:
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groff-request@ffii.org) with the word `subscribe' in either the subject
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or body of the email (don't include the quotes) or have a look at the
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groff mailing list web page at
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http://ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/groff
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GNU groff was written by James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>. It is now
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maintained by Ted Harding <ted.harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> and Werner
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Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>.
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